BlackHole is a free, open-source tool to route audio anywhere on your Mac. You know how the audio from YouTube in Safari comes out the speakers or headphones of your Mac, and that’s about it? Well, ...

The fine folks at Rogue Amoeba released an all-new version of the excellent Audio Hijack app last year. Today the sound capturing software is gaining three new features, thanks in part to Machine ...

Audio Hijack 4 for Mac just keeps getting better. Today’s version 4.3 release drops in a whole new Transcribe block to turn speech into text. It’s powered by OpenAI’s Whisper tech and is fully ...

Is sound not working on your Mac? Sound issues on Mac are pretty common. You may run into them when you connect or unplug an audio accessory during playback, use an app that accidentally misconfigures ...

The go-to app for recording absolutely anything on a Mac, Audio Hijack, has been updated to add Whisper-based AI transcription for any recordings. It's the pro audio app used by any Mac user who needs ...

There’s a lot to prefer about how macOS handles sound compared to iOS. On the Mac, more than one app can play audio at one time, and the audio just plays—on iOS, only one app is supposed to play audio ...

Photo: Charlie Sorrel/Cult of Mac Did you know that you can send the audio from your iPhone or iPad to your Mac via the Lightning cable? That audio stays in pristine digital ones and zeros, and can be ...

Macs these days have respectable internal speakers, but they’re a long way from challenging the dedicated speakers most of us have around the house. And if you’re watching a film on your MacBook, it’s ...

If better Mac audio is on your list of resolutions for 2026, the folks at Rogue Amoeba have you covered with SoundSource, their essential audio control app. SoundSource provides audio control so ...

Need a good Mac app for your photo, video, or audio needs? We've collected a list of the best apps for audio and visual tasks on macOS. Even if you're not a photographer, graphic designer, or ...